Data Analyst / Data Visualization (R Programmer)

The position is for a Data Analyst and Data Visualization professional to join our Digital Analytics Team for a Federal Agency customer. We're looking for an experienced Analyst with strengths in team collaboration, critical thinking and effective communication skills.This position will be responsible for working collaboratively within a team to formulate and iteratively develop data models. Candidates must possess an active Secret security clearance.Candidates must be experienced and proficient in:RStudio, R programming languageCreating visualizations in multiple visualizations tools including Tableau and RConducting statistical analysis using a variety to statistical tools of platforms including RVisualization tools including TableauDeveloping dashboards and reports that incorporate metrics and accurately represent the effectiveness of the organizationProficiency in C++ is also preferredBuilding conceptual models to show problem solving methodologyBuilding statistical models in order to identify significant variables in a processCollaboratively developing useful analytic models and methodologies and assist in incorporating into decision making processesDeveloping effective data visualizations and data understanding activitiesAssessing metrics and their effectiveness in managing performanceDeveloping reporting capabilities that inform on the effective use of the dataStrong collaboration skills, able to be effective at all organizational levels; users, team members and managementAnalyst must be able to transform data and analysis into informative data visualizations and/or interactive dashboards using open source and commercially available visualization and dashboard tools.Demonstrate the ability to derive insights and analytic narratives from data and visualizations for effective storytelling and clear communication in response to specific research questions.Location: This position is in Washington DC.Candidates must live within the Washington DC area. Relocation expenses are not included.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

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VIEW JOBS11/18/2018 12:00:00 AM2019-02-16T00:00The Data Visualization Specialist creates interactive storytelling experiences as part of a digital newsroom team that enhances and advances journalism produced by McClatchy and its 30 newsrooms, including Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, Kansas City Star, Sacramento Bee and Charlotte Observer.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Data Visualization Specialist is an innovative, visual storyteller who takes story narratives and enhances the experiences for the audience; the stories are made easier to understand, more informative, and more immersive. Sharp journalism and programming skills are required, as well as staying on top of the latest trends in digital media. Visualization Specialists also demonstrate abilities to conceptualize and build data visualizations, interactive graphics, and news apps.
The work requires experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery and D3); an understanding of responsive design and proficiency with interaction design and user interfaces; and familiarity with mining and manipulating data and web scraping. Responsibilities include producing daily and project-based digital journalism that will appear on our websites as well as being integrated into other McClatchy publishing products. Visualization Specialists also must learn our Content Management Systems (CUE, NewsGate, Content Studio), as well as Adobe Creative Cloud apps (Photoshop, Illustrator).
A motivated, collegial work style is a must, as is a desire to learn and teach about new forms of storytelling. A strong background in journalism is preferred.
Responsibilities:
* - Conceive and build interactive data visualizations; work with reporters to tease out the best stories to tell from a given dataset
* - Break down complex, multi-part investigations into digestible pieces for audience through innovative story-telling devices that visually summarize large concepts
* - Build new forms of story-telling devices to illustrate ideas that aren't best communicated with text alone
* - Keep abreast of trends in digital story-telling, as well as programming techniques
* - Stay current with McClatchy CMS tools
* - Collaborate with reporters, designers, and editors
* - Create tools to assist with reporting
REQUIREMENTS
Education: BA, BS, or BFA in computer science, design, statistics, journalism or a related field
Experience and Skills Needed:
* - 1+ years of professional experience
* - Portfolio of data visualizations / code builds that demonstrate strength in theory and implementation
* - Strong problem solving, communication and presentation skills
Specific Required Experience:
* - Front-end development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and associated helper libraries such as jQuery and D3)
* - Responsive interactive graphics using D3.js
* - Online mapping libraries (such as Google maps, Cartodb, Mapbox, Leaflet) and experience with GIS programs (such as ArcMap, QGIS)
* - Ability to meet deadlines and work on deadline
* - Clean, concise, readable code; good annotation habits
Preferred Experience:
* - Clean and analyze data using Microsoft Excel, SQL, R, Python, Ruby, or others
* - Web application frameworks (such as Django, Rails, or others)
* - Git and Github
* - Graphic design, UX/UI design
Personal Attributes:
Energy, flexibility, and motivation to crush the competition. The ability to monitor a vast amount of information for a wide audience, matched with discerning judgment about what to pursue. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are required as well as the ability to execute both quickly and well, with creativity. A collaborative style that works comfortably across teams spread throughout the office and company is a necessity.
To Apply, Please Provide:
* - Cover letter: Share anecdotes that exemplify why you're the best candidate for this job
* - Clips: Examples of creative solutions and workarounds, especially within the constraints of a CMS and standard article templates
* - Teamwork: The role you've played on a collaborative team project
This role is an excellent career opportunity with one of the nation's top media companies. McClatchy offers competitive salary and benefits packages. All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of post-offer drug and background screenings. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including Health, Dental, and Vision coverage, Life Insurance, 401(K) Savings Plan, vacation and company holidays.
McClatchy is both a leading Digital Media Company and Publisher offering news, information and marketing solutions in many of the nation's best markets. Every day, our talented employees create and deliver award-winning journalism and advertising solutions to growing audiences and businesses. Our digital and print publication lineup includes iconic brands such as the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, The Charlotte Observer, The (Raleigh) News and Observer, and the (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram, to name a few.
McClatchy is headquartered in Sacramento, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI.
McClatchy is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are a drug-free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, education, political affiliation or veteran status.
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VIEW JOBS11/19/2018 12:00:00 AM2019-02-17T00:00<strong>THIS IS A FULL TIME OPPORTUNITY WITH GUIDEHOUSE / PWC<br />
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This a Michael Perozzi a Technical Recruiter at Seneca Resources. Any interest in this opportunity below.<br />
Seneca Resources is client driven provider of strategic Information Technology consulting services and Workforce Solutions to government and industry. Seneca Resources is a leading IT services provider with offices in Virginia, Alabama, Texas, and Florida that service clients throughout the United States. The key to our success lies within our strong corporate culture which drives our business. We challenge our staff through engaging work, and we reward our staff through competitive compensation, extensive professional training, and excellent opportunities for career advancement. In turn, we look for only the best and brightest to join our team.<br />
<strong>Rec# 5705</strong><br />
<strong>Position Title: </strong><strong>Jr to Mid-Level “ Data Analytics “ </strong><br />
<strong>Location: </strong><strong>1730 Pennsylvania Ave AW Washington, District Of Columbia 20006</strong><br />
<strong>Work Status: Full Time </strong><br />
<strong>Compensation: Open – Depends on Experience</strong><br />
<strong>Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any MIS related field</strong><br />
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While the job description below doesn’t say so, please look for candidate’s w/R, <strong>Tableau & Python</strong>. We are looking for both Experienced Associates (1-3 yrs expr) & Sr. Associates. (3-6 yrs). Let me know if you have any questions.
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<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Guidehouse provides management, technology, and risk consulting to clients around the world through more than 1,600 professionals in over 20 locations. At our core, we focus on building trust in society, solving important problems, and having a seat at the table for our clients’ most pressing matters. Formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers US Public Sector, Guidehouse provides the exceptional quality our clients demand with the agility and innovation to go beyond the expected.</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Guidehouse is one of four organizations to receive the 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence, recognizing U.S. organizations for superior quality and world-class results across six categories defined by Baldrige including Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management, Workforce Focus, and Operations Focus. For more information on our journey to performance excellence, view our winner profile on the NIST website.</li>
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.Our Data and Analytics consultants help clients maximize the value of their data. This high performing team helps clients define their information strategy, architecture and governance, get the most value from business intelligence and analytics, and implement enterprise content and data management solutions to enable business insights, reduce cost and complexity, increase trust and integrity, and improve operational effectiveness.<br />
<strong>Knowledge Preferred:</strong>
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<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Demonstrates thorough knowledge of contributing on client engagement teams that design and develop business intelligence (BI) and predictive models for data warehouse (DW) information management architecture, including:</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Evaluating enterprise DW architecture feasibility, risk and technologies related to business change (i.e. assessing, identifying and recommending BI and related business stakeholders' data requirements; BI solution prototyping and development; processes and performance from business and technical standpoints; and the impact of data changes on business and/or IT processes);</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Advising CXO's on emerging BI/DW technologies and strategies consistent with clients' business strategies;</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Prioritizing, preparing and implementing BI and/or DW architectural improvements (i.e. developing and recommending alternative DW technical and data management solutions, methodologies, strategies and architectural improvement plans);</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Developing and validating business stakeholders' conceptual data models, including socializing and implementing logical and physical DW/data mart data models; identifying data sources and metadata (including business rules, definitions, attributes, etc.) to deliver analytic requirements.</li>
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<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Demonstrates thorough abilities to interact with end users to understand and document business and functional requirements for complex projects, including full software development life cycle, DW/BI/ETL tools and other related technologies, including:</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Enterprise data management, data warehousing and/or business intelligence; data modeling, integration and/or synchronization, quality, security, conversion and analysis; database administration; and/or enterprise data management policies, procedures, compliance & risk management. This includes a minimum of having participated in two full life cycle implementations</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Architecture, design and development of enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing solutions, including utilizing leading ETL/BI tools and the ability to architect a solution</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Design and development of data cleansing routines utilizing typical data quality functions involving standardization, transformation, rationalization, linking and matching that leverages knowledge within data, master data, metadata and technology management.</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Demonstrates proven thorough skills and success participating in consulting-related projects within a professional services environment that utilize creative thinking skills and individual initiative, including the following:</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Collaborating and contributing as a team member: understanding personal and team roles; contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Identifying and addressing client needs: building solid relationships with clients; developing an awareness of Firm services; approaching client in an organized manner; delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor</li>
<li style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">Prioritizing and handling multiple tasks; researching and analyzing pertinent client, industry, and technical matters; utilizing problem-solving skills; and, communicating effectively in written and verbal formats to various audiences (including various levels of management and external clients) in a professional business environment</li>
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Senior Recruiter<br />
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Direct: 469.629.6055<br />
Cell: 214.753.9254<br />
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VIEW JOBS11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM2019-02-03T00:00New America, a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute, is seeking a paid graphic design and data visualization intern, starting in January 2019.
The graphic design and data visualization intern will assist our communications and design team in transforming New America's policy research into print materials, data visualizations, infographics, illustrations, and social media collateral. We are looking for candidates who can help to conceptualize design content, execute design projects, and assist with the entire production process. Strong attention to detail is important in this role.
An academic background in policy is not required, but this is an ideal role for the aspiring designer with interest in current affairs, social change, public policy, and journalism.
Responsibilities:
* Work 20-40 hours a week in our downtown D.C. office.
* Assist our design and development team in producing print and digital collateral, including charts, maps, illustrations, and other visualizations that help to communicate complex policy ideas.
* Develop polished print collateral templates that can be used and edited by non-designers.
* Generate innovative design ideas while working within the framework of an existing brand identity.
* Assist with building brand-consistent designs for email campaigns, events, and newsletters.
* Light administrative duties as needed.
Qualifications:
* The ideal candidate has:
* An interest in translating complex policy documents and data into compelling visual products.
* A design portfolio that showcases a good understanding of visual design principles, composition, typography, imagery, illustration, and iconography.
* Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign and Illustrator. Additional experience in animation, coding, D3, mapping or HTML/CSS is a plus.
* Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
* The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with other team members, suggest creative ideas, manage print and digital production processes, and deliver on tight deadlines.
* Strong organizational skills and eagerness to work in a collaborative, innovative public policy setting.
Application Process:
Submit a cover letter, resume, and PDF or web portfolio by November 16. We are looking for evidence of how you can communicate complex ideas in straightforward, intuitive ways. We are especially interested in any data visualizations, charts, videos, or infographics you may have produced. Candidates without work samples will not be considered.
No phone calls or emails please
New America is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce at all levels of the organization, thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our clientele, our employees, and our communities. We value and encourage the contributions of our employees and strive to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential and drive outstanding results. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one's employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination.
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